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2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

The 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season was the 31st season of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, a pickup truck racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. The season started on February 14 with the Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ended with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race on October 31 at Phoenix Raceway.

Teams and drivers
Full-time teams Limited schedule Notes: Driver changes Moving seriesDaniel Dye moved from the No. 43 truck for McAnally–Hilgemann Racing to drive the No. 10 for Kaulig Racing in the Xfinity Series. • Dean Thompson moved from the No. 5 truck for Tricon Garage to drive the No. 26 for Sam Hunt Racing in the Xfinity Series. • Christian Eckes vacated the No. 19 for McAnally–Hilgemann Racing to drive the No. 16 for Kaulig Racing in the Xfinity Series. Daniel Hemric moved from the Cup Series to replace Eckes. • Nick Sanchez moved up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2025, driving the No. 48 car for Big Machine Racing. Full-time ridesKaden Honeycutt was set to drive full-time in the No. 45 for Niece Motorsports, after driving part-time for the team in 2024. He would later swap teams to Niece. Team changesBret Holmes Racing shut down its operations at the end of the 2024 season, with Late Model team owner Chris Hettinger purchasing the team's assets and renaming it Hettinger Racing. • Reaume Brothers Racing expanded to three full-time teams after acquiring the No. 2 Rev Racing entry. • MBM Motorsports returned to the series on a part-time basis with the No. 69. • Mike Harmon Racing returned to the series on a part-time basis with the No. 74 after a seven-year hiatus. ==Schedule==
Schedule
The 2025 schedule was released on August 29, 2024 and consists of 22 oval races and 3 road course races. The schedule had 25 races for the first time since 2011. With the season-finale at Phoenix being on October 31, the season finished in the month of October for the first time since 2000. On February 21, 2025, Motor Racing Network and Performance Racing Network, the two radio networks to broadcast NASCAR races, announced that they would team up to broadcast the entire Truck Series schedule collaboratively starting at Atlanta (with the season-opener at Daytona already having been run) as the NASCAR Racing Network. Previously, the NASCAR-owned MRN had broadcast the entire Truck Series schedule, unlike the Cup and Xfinity Series, where PRN would broadcast all races in those two series at tracks owned by Speedway Motorsports, who also owns PRN. • The fall race at Kansas was taken off the schedule. The track had only one Truck Series race for the first time since 2021. Date changesHomestead–Miami moved from October to March. • Nashville moved from June to May. • Pocono moved from July to June. • The race at Darlington moved from May to Labor Day weekend and was run on the same weekend as the Cup Series' Southern 500 instead of on the track's spring Cup Series race weekend. == Season summary ==
Season summary
Regular season Round 1: Fresh From Florida 250 Ben Rhodes scored the pole. Rhodes won the first stage and Matt Crafton won the second stage, his first since Atlanta in 2023. The race concluded dramatically when Parker Kligerman, initially crossing the finish line first, was disqualified during post-race inspection due to a height violation. Consequently, Corey Heim, who had finished second, was declared the winner, marking his twelfth career Truck Series victory and first of the season. Round 2: Fr8 208 Connor Mosack won the pole for the race. Jack Wood won the first stage after a battle with Mosack and Kyle Busch won the second stage. Busch dominated the event, leading the most laps and executed a side-draft maneuver on the final lap to edge out Stewart Friesen by a margin of 0.017 seconds, securing his 67th career Truck Series victory and his first of the season. Round 3: Ecosave 200 Corey Day would score his first career pole in the Truck Series. Ty Majeski won the first stage and Tyler Ankrum won the second stage. After each stage, the race went under the red flag for rain in the Las Vegas area. Shortly after, the race promptly resumed and ended with Corey Heim earning his second win of the season. Round 4: Baptist Health 200 Corey Heim scored the pole for the race. Heim would sweep the stages but would fall short of the win by a power issues late in the race. Kyle Larson would come back after spinning out late and gaining 22 positions in the final 38 laps to win his first race of the season. Round 5: Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 Corey Heim won the pole. Heim would sweep the stages but would fall short of the win again after he got spun into the wall. After a tough battle between teammate Tyler Ankrum, Daniel Hemric would earn his first career Truck Series victory and first of the season. Round 6: Weather Guard Truck Race Daniel Hemric scored the provisional pole for the race after practice and qualifying was cancelled. Chandler Smith won the first stage and Bayley Currey won the second stage. In the end, Smith would earn his sixth career Truck Series victory and first of the season. '''Round 7: Black's Tire 200''' Jake Garcia won the pole. Layne Riggs swept the stages. In the end, Tyler Ankrum would earn his second career Truck Series win, and his first of the season, snapping a 130-race winless streak. Round 8: SpeedyCash.com 250 Tyler Ankrum scored the provisional pole for the race after practice and qualifying was cancelled. Grant Enfinger won the first stage and Corey Heim won the second stage. Heim would survive a three-wide challenge for the lead from Daniel Hemric and Ben Rhodes, to earn his fourteenth career Truck Series win, and his third of the season. Round 9: Heart of Health Care 200 Jake Garcia won the pole. Corey Heim won the first stage and Carson Hocevar won the second stage. In the end, Hocevar would hold off Layne Riggs to earn his fifth career Truck Series win, and his first of the season. Riggs was disqualified during post-race inspection due to a bed cover issue. Round 10: Window World 250 Corey Heim scored the provisional pole for the race after practice and qualifying was cancelled. Gio Ruggiero won the first stage and Grant Enfinger won the second stage. In the end, Smith would steal the win on the final lap after Heim and teammate Layne Riggs made contact in turn two, causing Heim to spin and Smith to earn his seventh career Truck Series win, and his second of the season. Round 11: North Carolina Education Lottery 200 Gio Ruggiero won the pole. Corey Heim swept the stages and would win his fifteenth career Truck Series win, and his fourth of the season. Round 12: Rackley Roofing 200 Corey Heim scored the provisional pole for the race after practice and qualifying was cancelled. Layne Riggs won the first stage and Heim won the second stage. In the end, Rajah Caruth would hold off Heim and earned his second career Truck Series victory and first of the season. Round 13: DQS Solutions & Staffing 250 Luke Fenhaus won the pole. Corey Heim swept the stages. In the end, Stewart Friesen held off Grant Enfinger in a triple overtime thriller to earn his fourth career Truck Series victory, and broke a 72-race winless streak dating back to the 2022 SpeedyCash.com 220. Round 14: MillerTech Battery 200 Layne Riggs won the pole. Riggs won the first stage and Corey Heim won the second stage. Heim's stage win marked his twelfth of the season, setting an all-time record in the Truck Series. In the end, Riggs would take advantage of the Heim's late mishaps, and led the final twenty laps of the race to earn his third career Truck Series win, and his first of the season. Round 15: LiUNA! 150 Corey Heim won the pole. Heim swept the stages and proceeded to lead all but one lap to win his fifth race of the season. Round 16: TSport 200 Corey Heim was awarded the pole due to inclement weather cancelling qualifying. Layne Riggs swept the stages. Riggs lead 160 of 200 laps as he would claim his second race win of the season. Stewart Friesen was disqualified following post-race inspection due to a front height violation. Round 17: Mission 176 at The Glen Corey Heim won the pole. Heim won the first stage and Ben Rhodes won the second stage. In the end, Heim held off Daniel Hemric in a triple overtime thriller to earn his sixth win of the season. Round 18: eero 250 Corey Heim won the pole. Ty Majeski swept both stages but his dominant performance came to a close due to late race troubles. In the end, Heim capitalized off of Majeski's setbacks to earn his seventh win of the season. Playoffs Round 19: Sober or Slammer 200 Layne Riggs won the pole. Corey Heim won the first stage and Riggs won the second stage. Riggs led a race-high 71 laps, until hitting the wall late in the event, falling back to finish 17th. In the end, Heim would take advantage of late-race troubles for Riggs, and led the final 19 laps to earn his 19th career Truck Series win, and his eighth of the season. He would also advance into the next round of the playoffs. Round 20: UNOH 250 Jake Garcia won the pole. Garcia won the first stage and Corey Heim won stage two. In the end, Layne Riggs would overcome from a first-lap spin, and dominate the final stage of the race, leading the final 110 laps to earn his fifth career Truck Series win, and his third of the season. He would also advance into the next round of the playoffs. Round 21: EJP 175 Corey Heim won the pole. Heim would continue one of the dominating seasons in series history, winning both stages and led a race-high 124 laps from the pole position to earn his 20th career Truck Series win and his record-tying ninth of the season, matching Greg Biffle's 1999 season. ;Round 22: EcoSave 250 Corey Heim won the pole but was caught up in a wreck on lap one. Kaden Honeycutt won stage one and stage two. Brent Crews was close to winning when a caution came out on lap 65 due to Toni Breidinger's truck stalling out, causing a green–white–checkered finish. Heim won the race, breaking Greg Biffle's win record in one season that was held since 1999. Heim would also advance into the Championship 4. '''Round 23: Love's RV Stop 225''' Gio Ruggiero won the pole. Rajah Caruth won stage one while Ruggiero won stage two. Ruggiero, leading a race-high 37 laps, survived a late overtime restart to win the race, his first career Truck Series win. Round 24: Slim Jim 200 Layne Riggs won the pole. However, Corey Heim swept stages one and two. Despite the final stage riddled with cautions, Heim would lead 77 laps and win the race. The end of the race featured one of the most dramatic elimination events in the Playoff era. While Kaden Honeycutt and Riggs were tied in the point standings, Honeycutt won the tiebreaker due to finishing second in the race to Riggs' third-place finish, thus advancing Honeycutt to the Championship 4. Ty Majeski and Tyler Ankrum also advanced to the Championship 4. Round 25: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race Layne Riggs won the pole. Corey Heim swept stages one and two. Following the second to last restart, Heim was able to make a seven-wide pass to eventually make his way to second. On the final restart, Heim would pass Ty Majeski for the race lead, holding on to win his 12th race of the season and his first Truck Series championship. ==Results and standings==
Results and standings
Race results Drivers' championship (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. F – Fastest lap. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 10 . – Eliminated after Round of 8 Owners' championship (Top 15) (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by competition-based formula. * – Most laps led. F – Fastest lap. 1 – Stage 1 winner. 2 – Stage 2 winner. 1-10 – Regular season top 10 finishers. . – Eliminated after Round of 10 . – Eliminated after Round of 8 Manufacturers' championship ==See also==
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